Analysis on the self-confidence of university students according to physical activity participation
Aydin Ilhan and Ulas Sadik BardakcıAfrican Educational Research Journal
Published: August 11 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 1
Pages S111-S114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S1.20.017
Abstract
The purpose of this research with college students who participated in physical activity participation in physical activity among college students is to evaluate the difference between the levels of confidence. Determining the level of self-confidence according to the participation of the university student in physical activity and contributing to the importance of participation in physical activity in their daily lives. To evaluate the difference between the self-confidence levels of university students attending physical activity and university students who do not participate in physical activity. The research is a quantitative study and the universe of the research; university students who attend and do not participate in physical activity. The sample of the research are Pamukkale university students who participated in the physical activity and did not participate in similar characteristics formed 381 university students. ‘‘Personal Information Form’’ prepared by the researcher to obtain the personal information of the students and Self Confidence Scale which was developed by Akin (2007) and reliability-validity analysis were used as the data collection tool. In the study, scale method was used from quantitative research designs. The data were analyzed by SPSS 16 and the Independent-Samples T-Test which is a parametric test was applied to find the difference between the students who did not participate in the physical activity. In the light of self-reliance inventory data, it was observed that university students who participated in physical activity had higher level of self-confidence than non-attendants. In addition, males participating in physical activity have higher levels of self-confidence than non-participants. The same is true for female students, but the difference is not as meaningful as the difference between men. As a result of the study, the self-confidence levels of the students engaged in physical activity were higher than those who did not perform physical activity.
Keywords: Physical activity, self-confidence, university students.
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